Word: allens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week General Wood's committee-the antithesis of William Allen White's Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies-had 60,000 members, eleven local chapters and an organization drive that was going like a house afire. In Washington, national committee members included such strange company as socially conscientious Kathryn Lewis (daughter of John L.) and socially conspicuous Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Just what the organization was after remained obscure: it was easier to see what it was against than what it was for. And what the committee was against was getting the U. S. into...
Then the General, who during the short minute of the interview had sat on his chair "as if on tiptoe," sprang to his feet and with the brief explanation, "The troops are waiting," strode off, leaving Newsman Allen with his nugget...
...distrust of the hard-bitten little soldier for the swarthy politician of the white tie was deep-seated and violent. It led many people in many capitals to speculate that Weygand might desert Vichy for Great Britain. Last week North American Newspaper Alliance's chubby, energetic Jay Allen flew to Marrakech, Morocco, scooped the world's press on Weygand's present political intentions: "I cannot give you answers to questions like these," snapped the General, brushing Newsman Allen's prepared list aside. "There is, however, something I want to say. ... I am here to serve...
...stream-of-consciousness street scene by Gracie Allen entitled Dogs-Gather-on -Street -Corner -to-Watch -Man -Fight, shown two years ago at Manhattan's Julien Levy Gallery (TIME...
...year will have a neat income from Paramount Pictures, which will pay him an estimated $200,000 for making a couple of cinemas. Last week, under Paramount auspices, Benny & Co. were shipped to Manhattan for the opening of Love Thy Neighbor, in which Benny and his fellow zany Fred Allen continue the weary mock feud that Allen cooked up four years...